Altrincham reached the FA Cup 1st Round by coming from behind to defeat Matlock Town on my first ever visit to Moss Lane.
Football
Ilkeston 1-0 Barwell – NPL Premier Division
Mark Shelton’s second half goal gave Ilkeston victory over Barwell as I made my first ever visit to the New Manor Ground.
Chesterfield 3-0 Rotherham United – Central League North East Division
Chesterfield’s reserve side made it three wins from four as they comfortably defeated a youthful Rotherham United side 3-0 at the Proact Stadium in the Central League North East Division.
Guiseley 2-1 Southport – National League
Guiseley made it back to back victories with a 2-1 win over Southport as I attended my first ever game at the Lions’ Nethermoor Park home.
Glasshoughton Welfare 0-0 Selby Town – NCEL Division 1
Glasshoughton Welfare and Selby Town played out a drab goalless draw as I made my first ever visit to Welfare’s Leeds Road ground.
Chesterfield 0-1 Bradford City – League 1
Billy Clarke’s first half goal maintained Bradford City’s unbeaten league record as they defeat Chesterfield 1-0 at the Proact Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Chesterfield 3-3 Gillingham – League 1
Chesterfield threw away a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Gillingham as a 95th minute Scott Wagstaff goal stole a point for the visitors.
Connor Wilkinson opened the scoring after little more than 60 seconds and Kristian Dennis doubled the hosts’ advantage from the spot not long after the start of the second half.
A Jay Emmanuel-Thomas penalty pulled one back for the Gills, but Wilkinson’s second of the evening restored the two-goal advantage in the 72nd minute.
However, a second Emmanuel-Thomas spot kick set up a nervy conclusion and in the final minute of additional time, Wagstaff found the net to snatch an unlikely point for Gillingham.
